Globe photos of the week, March 28, 2014

A nine-alarm fire broke out Wednesday afternoon at 298 Beacon St. Frantic firefighters screamed for an ambulance as they rushed an injured firefighter on a stretcher down Beacon Street.

Jim Davis/globe staff
| March 28, 2014

Firefighters on ladders fought the blaze on Beacon Street.

Jim Davis/globe staff
| March 28, 2014

A police officer held up caution tape as a man and woman holding a baby ran away from the Beacon Street fire.

Jessica Rinaldi/globe staff
| March 28, 2014

Two Boston firefighters were killed battling the Beacon Street blaze. Fellow firefighters escorted the body of one victim from the Boston Medical Center to the Medical Examiner's Office nearby.

Jim Davis/globe staff
| March 28, 2014

People paused to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial outside the firehouse on Boylston Street, where the two fallen firefighters were stationed.

Jessica Rinaldi/globe staff
| March 28, 2014

Firefighters with Engine Company 14 in Dudley Square stood along Massachusetts Avenue as the motorcade carrying one of the deceased firefighters passed by.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff
| March 28, 2014

Mark Sudduth of North Carolina struggled to get through a snowdrift on the stairs leading to Chatham Lighthouse Beach as a blizzard engulfed Cape Cod.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
| March 28, 2014

A business was covered with snow on Main Street in Chatham after the snowstorm.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
| March 28, 2014

Pieces of the “salt and pepper shakers” were removed as construction work continued on the Longfellow Bridge across the Charles River in Boston.

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
| March 28, 2014

Workers with Road Safe Traffic Systems painted the finish line on Boylston Street on March 25 in preparation for the Boston Marathon next month.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
| March 28, 2014

Tiffany Locke, left, and Emily Shafer cleaned running shoes placed at the Marathon memorial last year. They will be part of an exhibit on the bombings planned for the Boston Public Library.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
| March 28, 2014

A bronze sculpture by Antonio Lopez Garcia was adorned with a knit cap outside the Museum of Fine Art. Attached was a label: "Baby, It's Cold Outside!"

Barry Chin/Globe Staff
| March 28, 2014

Kelly Arnett, left, and Meredith Halsey embraced as fourth-year students learned their residency placements on Match Day at Tufts University School of Medicine. Kelly is going to the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Meredith is going to Brown University program at Rhode Island Hospital.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
| March 28, 2014

Aleksandr Kononko, 39, a member of the Ukrainian Nationalist group Right Sector, stood at the spot where he was injured during the fighting and protests in Kiev.

Jessica Rinaldi/globe staff
| March 28, 2014

Maria Montero of Boston was among 30 people protesting on Boston Common against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime. Another group of 50 people rallied in support of the regime.

Essdras M. Suarez/Globe Staff
| March 28, 2014

Lauren and Charlie Baker celebrated after he won his party’s endorsement for governor at the Massachusetts State Republican Convention in Boston.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
| March 28, 2014

The sun set below low-hanging clouds over Dorchester on March 23.

Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
| March 28, 2014

Derick "Dizzy" Grant and Herb "Flight Time” Lang of the Harlem Globetrotters crossed Beacon Street near the State House during a parade to promote the team’s upcoming games at TD Garden.

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
| March 28, 2014

New England Revolution midfielder Kelyn Rowe was tripped up by Vancouver Whitecaps defender Nigel Reo-Coker during the Revolution home opener at Gillette Stadium.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff
| March 28, 2014

The Bruins’ Patrice Bergeron (37) brought the crowd and his teammates out of their seats after he scored in the third period to tie the game at 1-1 against the Montreal Canadiens at the TD Garden. But Boston lost 2-1 in a shootout.